Back in January-March I worked a job I ended up hating. My first day there, somehow I "outted" myself as not having voted for Obama. One of my new co-workers seemed shocked and asked why. I didn't want to take the time to list all the reasons, so I told her there were more than one reason, but my main reason was because I am pro-life, and as a Christian cannot and will not vote for someone who is pro-abortion. That seemed to satisfy her, but I would have liked to go into more detail.
Specifically about Obama: I knew too much about him. About his terrorist buddies, about the anti-white comments he had made in his life, about his pro-socialist views, and anti-American views. But the fact that he is a Democrat is reason enough.
I actually consider myself a conservative, but vote Republican since their views more closely mirror mine than those of Democrats.
1) I am pro-life. Abortion is murder, and I cannot in good conscience as a Christian vote for any politician who is pro-killing babies and will further that cause. I've heard Christians excuse voting for pro-abortion candidates by saying things like "well, its a law anyway, it isn't going to change" and "if it was illegal, women would be using coat hangers, at least its safe this way". Safe? For whom? Certainly not the baby...... and if a woman dies getting an abortion, doesn't it serve her right? If someone died trying to kill a baby outside of the womb, that is what we'd say.
I don't understand Christians voting for pro-abortion candidates. God is pro-life, and from all I read, He would consider abortion abhorrent and an abomination... so how can a Christian vote for someone who will further the cause of killing the most innocent of lives?
2) I am pro-traditional marriage. Again, how do Christians justify being for gay marriage when God says homosexuality is a sin, an abomination? Pro-life is my main platform to vote by, but this is a close second. Why vote for someone who will further a sinful cause? Who will further making a marriage legal that mocks God and what He ordained for marriage?
3) I am not a racist. The Democrats are the party that fought to keep slavery legal. They fought against civil rights. The Republicans fought to end slavery, and fought for civil rights....little known fact: The Klu Klux Clan was comprised of Democrats. Second little known fact: Lyndon B Johnson, a Democrat, said when he came up with the food stamp program: "I'll have thise n**** voting Democrat for 100 years." Why would I want to be part of the party that fought to keep slavery and fought against civil rights?
4) I am for smaller government. The more government we have, the less freedoms we have. Our government is getting too big, bigger under this president than its ever been, and we are losing freedoms.
Things are different now. Any Christian worth their salt shouldn't vote for pro-abortion candidates and pro-gay marriage candidates....... yet why did Christians vote for those who supported slavery and were against civil rights? Are people praying about who they vote for? Are they lining their voting up with the Bible as much as they can? I fear not.
Slavery should have been outlawed long before it was. Civil rights should have come about long before they did......... but even then Christians voted and stood for things they had no business voting for and standing for...... just like today. We have different issues, and we have too many Christians on the wrong side of the issues, and voting for candidates on the wrong side of issues.
I'm not saying Republicans are perfect and they are all good.... there are many I'd like to kick out of office, but they stand more for what I believe in than the Democrats do. That is why I vote Republican.
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